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Historians generally agree that the Roman Empire was already in decline before Christianity became dominant during the fourth century CE. Some say that Christianity was the dominant reason for its subsequent rapid decline, at least in the west, while others say that it was only a contributing factor, although an important one. Christianity did not actually strengthen the empire.
Christianity For the Win, or so my friend says xP
The decline of Rome dovetailed with spread of Christianity, and some argue that the rise of the new faith helped contribute to the empire's fall.
The decline of the Spanish Empire in the 1600s was primarily caused by economic problems, including heavy debt from wars and overspending, as well as the loss of valuable colonies and trade routes to other European powers.
It could not decline from nothing - it did not exist until after much of what was to become the Roman empire was already under Roman rule. It spread, particularly after the Romans accepted Christianity under Constantine
The Roman empire became too big and the people outside of the Roman empire started to attack. From then on out, the empire just continued to collapse.
The assault by Alexander the Great, who replaced the empire with his own Macedonian Empire. It was split up into several Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander's death.
An overemphasis on military service. The fall of Christianity. Extremely low inflation.
Christianity did not contribute to the collapse of the empire. It contributed to a greater sense of unity and more stability. Christianity became the religion of the masses in the empire. It was declared a tolerated religion because the great persecution of Christians by Diocletian had created serious unrest. Once the state acknowledged Christianity, unrest ceased and the state regained legitimacy in the eyes of the Christian masses.
The rise of nationalism in the Empire eventually caused the break-down of the Ottoman millet (confessional community) concept.